Powell treads fine line in Mid-East
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Powell treads fine line in Mid-East |
| Mr Powell held talks with Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, followed by a meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Voicing sympathy for both sides, he backed the Israeli stance that there must be a cessation of violence before talks resume, while at the same time calling for a lifting of the siege on the Palestinian territories. The BBC's Paul Adams reports. |
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Abdel Bari Atwan of the Al Quds al-Arabi newspaper: "(Mr Arafat) asked for American protection for the Palestinian people" |
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